I am continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy sessions with me in my office. However, phone, and Zoom consultations ARE and WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was originally posted on April 4, 2014)
Sometimes,
it seems like one of the most powerful human desires is the one for control. We want to control some aspect(s) of
our social or physical environment. We want to control our behavior. (Hey,
that’s what hypnotherapy is good for, right?) Or, we want to control (change) someone else’s behavior. Can
hypnotherapy help you achieve each of these goals?
My
scope of expertise as a hypnotherapist is to help my clients achieve vocational
and avocational self-improvement goals. There is really no way to control or
change specific aspects of a physical environment—such as the weather or
climate where we live—unless we physically move out of the area. Most of us
can’t even rearrange the furniture or décor in the lobby at work without having
to get permission from the employer and/or the building’s landlord. Similarly,
none of us has the ability to control someone else’s behaviors or beliefs if
that individual doesn’t want to make this change. However, we can use hypnotherapy and guided
imagery techniques to help us replace our own unwanted habits or belief systems with behaviors that are more
effective for us. The skills you practice and learn in hypnosis can also help you
adapt to, cope with and even flourish in a challenging personal, social or work
situation over which you have no control. Your ability to remain relaxed,
focused and calm in this context will significantly reduce or even eliminate
any personal effects that the tension in this situation may cause you. You may
even find that this ability to control your emotions in this way indirectly
influences (changes) the way other people around you behave.
Before
the next scheduled interaction with the person or exposure to that environment,
work with me in hypnotherapy to help you desensitize to the negative stimuli
associated with that encounter. Give yourself permission to let go of any
grudges, bitterness or other negative associations you have with this
situation. Give the other person(s) permission to own their critical, negative,
etc., nature or beliefs that they have previously expressed to you. Then,
visualize, imagine, picture or pretend that you are as relaxed, calm and
focused when you have that encounter as you are while you are in hypnosis.
Anchor that image of yourself responding in a positive, confident and
controlled way with the relaxed and comfortable sensation you are enjoying in
hypnosis so you can access your new calm and “in control” demeanor when you
need to. Even if the other person’s behavior or attitude does not significantly
change at that time, you will be better equipped to deal with that challenge.
I
liken this attitude and technique to the Serenity
Prayer. Most of the time, each of us can change our behavior and, in so doing,
truly change a negative or challenging situation into a positive or mutually
rewarding experience. Sometimes, we can do absolutely nothing about the
circumstance except to just get through it by changing the way we perceive and
respond to it. The key to a successful outcome in either circumstance is having
the wisdom to know what kind of attitude adjustment we can make at that moment.
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find out why hypnosis is so effective and how hypnotherapy can help you achieve
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Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a
certified hypnotherapist based in Southern California. She graduated with
honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. Sara has been voted the Best
Hypnotherapist in Santa Clarita, California, four years in a row (2019-2022).
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